WATCH: Neymar is to baseball what Charles Barkley is to golf

He's very good at soccer, though

Neymar should probably stick to soccer.

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Kicky-pants soccer man Neymar of Brazil and Barcelona FC on Tuesday paid a visit to Citi Field, home of the Fightin' Mets, and took to the batting cages, possibly on pain of ridicule. On that point, please regard the following action-sports footage, but please do know that it didn't go well ...

Neymar, who's at Citi Field today, better at soccer than baseball: pic.twitter.com/Gi4tkmq35I

— Andrew Beaton (@andrewlbeaton) May 31, 2016

All right. Neymar is of course an elite athlete, but the skills native to a particular sport don't always translate. Just ask Charles Barkley.

So it is with Neymar and his baseball swing. Similarly, this is why Rocco Mediate will never eff around and get a triple-double.

In any event, thank you, Neymar, for making a righteous attempt at This, Our Baseball.